{"id":17089,"date":"2014-09-12T22:38:43","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T22:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com\/stories\/?p=17089"},"modified":"2021-10-28T16:38:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T16:38:08","slug":"selfies-from-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com\/stories\/selfies-from-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Selfies from around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s be honest. We all, at some point or another, have taken a selfie. It might not have been a Kim Kardashian-style mirror selfie and we may have not posted it online, but we\u2019ve all taken one at some point\u2014some of us just out of necessity because there was no one else present to take the photo. While you won\u2019t see much in the way of mirror selfies from me, I\u2019ve taken my share of selfies, both out of novelty and necessity, as a frequent solo traveler (these long arms come in really handy for this). <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">As a company, however, I\u2019d like to think that Expedia was something of an early adopter of the travel selfie. Last year we posted a round-up of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/expediatravel\/12-pictures-of-some-well-traveled-cats\">best cat travel selfies on Buzzfeed<\/a>. Because what\u2019s better than a travel selfie? One with cats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This week we\u2019re sporting some selfies yet again. As you read this, some of our bloggers and hundreds of other travel bloggers from around the world are gathering in Cancun for the annual Travel Bloggers Exchange (TBEX). Travelers, and especially travel bloggers, love documenting their travels with selfies. So it only seemed natural then that we\u2019d throw a selfie-themed party, a bash that we\u2019ve dubbed, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/tbexcon.com\/us\/2014\/09\/03\/tbex-cancun-party-more-selfies-in-more-places-sponsored-by-expedia\/\">More Selfies in More Places.<\/a>\u201d (Be ready to take your own selfies tonight with the #ExpediaTBEX hashtag on Moon Palace&#8217;s Moonlight Terrace for a chance to win travel.)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Leading up to this week in Cancun we asked our bloggers to share the best selfie (or, in some cases, the best &#8220;famfie&#8221;) they\u2019ve ever taken. See what they came up with below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-stream-container stack-564637a7-50ee-63e1-bbde-ff000073f150\">\n<div class=\"photo-stream-block\">\n<h2>The Planet D in Iceland<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/default-source\/user-spencer-spellman\/the-planet-d-iceland-[size_650x450].jpg\" id=\"stack-564637a7-50ee-63e1-bbde-ff000073f150\" alt=\"The Planet D in Iceland\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-description\">Our favorite selfie comes to you from the Blue Lagoon Geothermal Spa in Iceland. After a cool and rainy 10 days driving around the Ring Road it was a wonderful feeling to relax in the hot, soothing waters before our flight home. <\/div>\n<h2>Kara Williams in front of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in London<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/default-source\/user-spencer-spellman\/kara-williams-[size_650x450].jpg\" id=\"stack-3b4637a7-50ee-63e1-bbde-ff000073f150\" alt=\"Kara Williams in front of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in London\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-description\">This summer I visited 10 different countries in Europe with my family, while I worked aboard a Semester at Sea ship. We must have taken at least two dozen selfies together &#8212; actually we dubbed them &#8220;famfies&#8221; &#8212; throughout our 10-week whirlwind trip.<\/div>\n<h2>Carol Cain overlooking Reims, France<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/default-source\/user-spencer-spellman\/overreims_carolcain-[size_650x450].jpg\" id=\"stack-b64637a7-50ee-63e1-bbde-ff000073f150\" alt=\"Carol Cain overlooking Reims, France\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-description\">When in France\u2026It only felt appropriate to take a selfie from high above Reims overlooking the city.<\/div>\n<h2>Trip Styler hiking solo on the Hawaii island of Lanai<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/default-source\/user-spencer-spellman\/ts-selfie-[size_650x450].jpg\" id=\"stack-774637a7-50ee-63e1-bbde-ff000073f150\" alt=\"Trip Styler hiking solo on the Hawaii island of Lanai\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-description\">When I surveyed the vista, after hiking to the the top of Koloiki Ridge in Lanai, I naturally started dancing. In a I-have-to-capture-this flash of travel-wow, I snapped a photo with my iPhone&#8217;s self-timer app.<\/div>\n<h2>Matt Villano in Norway<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/default-source\/user-spencer-spellman\/mjv-norway-[size_650x450].jpg\" id=\"stack-ec4637a7-50ee-63e1-bbde-ff000073f150\" alt=\"Matt Villano in Norway\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-description\">In this photo, on a boat in search of Orca whales north of the Arctic Circle, the windchill was about 30 below.<\/div>\n<h2>No Vacation Required on an empty beach in Costa Rica<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/default-source\/user-spencer-spellman\/nvr-boys-[size_650x450].jpg\" id=\"stack-984637a7-50ee-63e1-bbde-ff000073f150\" alt=\"No Vacation Required on an empty beach in Costa Rica\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-description\">When you\u2019re alone on a gorgeous beach, you have to resort to taking a selfie. Here we are, alone on such a beach in Costa Rica, one of our favorite destinations.n<\/div>\n<h2>Captain and Clark in Paris, France<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/default-source\/user-spencer-spellman\/c-and-c-louvre-[size_650x450].png\" id=\"stack-d14637a7-50ee-63e1-bbde-ff000073f150\" alt=\"Captain and Clark in Paris, France\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-description\">The particular selfie was taken outside of the Louvre on our whirlwind trip through Europe, and also the first trip we took as an engaged couple.<\/div>\n<h2>Spencer Spellman on the Hawaii island of Maui<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/default-source\/user-spencer-spellman\/selfie-maui-[size_650x450].jpg\" id=\"stack-234637a7-50ee-63e1-bbde-ff000073f150\" alt=\"Spencer Spellman on the Hawaii island of Maui\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-description\">This shot came from my 30th birthday on Maui, where it only seemed appropriate to take a selfie while paragliding.<\/div>\n<h2>Hip Travel Mama in London<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/default-source\/user-spencer-spellman\/htmlondonselfie-[size_650x450].jpg\" id=\"stack-5d4737a7-50ee-63e1-bbde-ff000073f150\" alt=\"Hip Travel Mama in London\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-description\">This family selfie was taken hours after we landed in London for the first time together as a family. Jet-lagged, we wandered the streets of London in search of Big Ben to snap this precious photo capturing our enthusiasm for our trip ahead.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><br \/> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharing selfies from some of the most beautiful destinations in the world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1790,1786,1782,1838,1778,1791,1787],"tags":[132],"authors":[2240],"class_list":["post-17089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-america","category-company","category-destinations","category-europe","category-features","category-mexico","category-news","tag-photography","authors-spencer-spellman","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is 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